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  1. Republic of area 63,700 sq km, 24,595 sq mi
  2. capital Riga towns Daugavpils, Liepaja,
  3. Jurmala, Jelgava, Ventspils physical wooded
  4. lowland (highest point 312 m, 1,024 ft),
  5. marshes, lakes; 472 km, 293 mi of coastline;
  6. mild climate features Western Dvina River;
  7. Riga is largest port on the Baltic after St
  8. Petersburg (formerly Leningrad).
  9. Language Latvian religions mostly Lutheran
  10. Protestant, with a Roman Catholic minority.
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